ら抜き言葉

らぬきことば

Meanings

1. Noun dropping the "ra" in the potential form of verbs formed with "-rareru" (e.g. 見れる, 食べれる, 来れる)

Kanji

• 抜 pull out. Read as ぬき.
• 言 say. Read as こと.
• 葉 leaf. Read as は.

Example sentences

• ら抜き言葉って知っている？けっこう間違った言葉を使う生徒が多いみたい。
  You know about 'ra-skipped words'? It looks like quite a lot of students are using mistaken words.

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